a dragonlady and her first day of school! thank you for reading this late night tuesday grat list!
1. this is what i've gifted to myself:
this is what precious looks like.
2. how is your day going? it's not over yet!
3. so today was TODAY!? christ on a huge sopping wet cracker!? and i love freakin' christ!! you know i do!! i can't believe i even made it in there!? i can't believe how nervous i was!? i learned alot! here is some of it:!
4. i raise my hand alot - i speak alot. i have alot to contribute. i also have alot to learn. i like learning! i think - it even likes me, more!
5. i came to the conclusion tonight that one of the reasons why my career is so precious to me is because it's the only thing that i've ever given/gifted to myself. i mean it. i fit, it fits me.
6. we'll have 11 weeks! 11 weeks sounds like a piece of cake and a lot of reading! we'll create a PSA, a commerical and a silent film. we'll break into groups and stick with eachother and by eachother, *help eachother* for the quarter! i like teamwork! i have a lot to learn about it!
7. this is just one of my classes! i'll learn more tomorrow! i need 1 text book and a notebook for my com101 class....
8. i am so lucky to be here! to be a little physically tired, and smiling at myself in the mirror!? this is the good stuff - this is what i've been waiting for.
think about it - i tried my hand at san francisco community college 17 years ago!!? i just thought about this today....
film school will teach me the underlying basics, everything i need to know - combined with the guerilla filmmaking, and i'm one foot out the door! this is a winning hand!
9. i'm getting my hair and nails done this weekend. it's time.
10. tonight was challenging at habitat - we're wrapping up the campaign and it's been a doozy! i'm still gunning for the $1,000 gift! i honestly thought that i would have at least two of them, by now! i move forward and do my best inspite of this.
11. i will gift myself more. i need too.
12. this is where my heart is.
13. i have a job interview lined up for next week - the ACT campaign doesn't start until oct. 19th and i need to fill in the two week gap inbetween. it's for the seattle opera, i know, i know. you know how much i despise this type of music! no offense - you know that i'm the lady who prefers "ice cube and his 1/2 ounce!". it's a fundraising/subscription renewal combo, similar to ACT. i've been warned, by one phoner who i currently work with, but i need to keep the ball rolling, and this makes sense.
14. i'll do it.
yours and other nice green things with tails!
christyXdragonchic
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I'm diggin' the opera. So, you're making one person happy. Classical music is the basis for the really, really good METAL. I steal violin etudes and turn them into creepy bass lines all the time. Think about that when you're doin' that fundraising, and it might bring a little smile to your face...
"Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius"--Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
I've never seen an opera live! But I want to! I also love classical music. 
I saw in your other grats list that you were starting school, it feels so damn good doesn't it?! Me too, mama. Its nice to be in school with a real goal, a vision, a clue as to what you want to do when you "finish" that part of your education. I'm so happy for you, you deserve this mucho bunches. You are going to KILL IT with your work, blow them away, and have a shit ton of fun doing it. hugs and love! ~ michelle
great to hear from you michelle - i've been thinking of you for weeks now! i still channel to your family regularly!
how many credits are you taking? you're classes sound great - i agree, it feels amazing to be diving head first into something that i truly enjoy!
it was a long time coming for me!
thank you for all your support, i need it!
what do you think about the homework and real life balance? when are you finding the time in your day to study? etc. i'm curious, because i'm taking 18 credits and working nights - i need to take on more hours at work, i'm currenly at 20 and i'm able to read late at night and on the weekends.
hearts buddy - christyX
you are kicking ass, dc! sounds like school is so great!!!!
Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough. -- Emily Dickinson
You want to do what you think is right and what matters to you, and if other people don't like it, as my father would have said, they can go fuck themselves. -- Amy Bloom
today was amazing! i think that i'm putting in 14 hour days? i can't tell anymore!
i went into the bookstore and got the crash course 101 in book scams/sales! i was "learned" quickly on this one!
i was tipped off by a few folks on what to do differently, next quarter - i'll email my teachers and get the book list early, and literally "buy" the time i need to purchase online.
i don't have the time this round and lacked the experience to know better!
i'm actually taking this in as a positive - i dropped $140 bucks on a producing book and thought two things:
1. i had no idea that i would be spending almost $400 on books for school!
2. i've never spent $140 on one book!
3. my initial investment on guerilla filmmaking was about $650. hollywood costs more! every dime i spend is an investment in my future/career. $140 is a minimal investment in myself - what do you think?
tnis shit is worth it!
forever and thank you for the constant encouragement!
hearts,
DC/christyX
holy crap, that's a lot of $$$ for books. it's all coming back to me now, the obscene amounts of money the bookstores charge...oh well, now you know!!! and yeah, it's all an investment in YOU cos you will be a total rockstar film-maker!!! you're already a rockstar, far as I am concerned! 
turtle machine sounds extra spicy and nice today doesn't it!?
what an amazing compliment! thank you! i feel great - i'm producing our first class/group project - i'll most more about that loveliness later!
i bought what i hope, is the last of my books yesterday! i dropped another $300 at the bookstore and picked up a nice bookbag and some other odds and ends that i needed! i have a hardrive that i need to pick up this weekend.
i'l be better prepared next time! most folks spent about half of what i did - i had no idea what the hell i was doing!?
the positive is that i'm on track - i've never felt better - i am overwhelmed by my choice to do this! i've been up late two or three nights in a row reading and studying.
more to come....
thank you for supporting me! i love you = christyX
I love classical music and opera! It's been a minute since I've been to the symphony or the opera because they are SO expensive, but it is seriously a beautiful time. when you get a chance check out maria callas, one the best opera singers ever in space and time. a lot of her stuff is on youtube now. and c'mon you have to at least like 'ode to joy' by beethoven right?! tell me you like ode to joy!! LOL I'm just teasing dragon, you have good taste and it's no skin off me if you dislike opera or classical music.
and how exciting was school!! the next 11 weeks will fly by. Congratulations again!!
in classical music there is not the driving beat that is in other traditional music...classical reminds me of jazz in that way; in that the beat is often unpredictable or offbeat or even miniscule in places. some you can dance too, some you really can't but all you can feel. for me classical music is more 'blood' music in that I feel it on that level.
Ode to Joy is super famous, you probably have heard it somewhere. it's been featured in many cartoons, commercials, movies, tv shows...on a lot of cell phones it's one of the given ring tones, so check your cell. oh! I bet it's on youtube, let me check right quick. ok here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wod-MudLNPA
I'm doing well, thanks for asking, healing ok. went back to work substitute teaching this week. My school today was very challenging (it's considered one of the roughest/rowdiest in the district) but oddly enough the teenagers at the end of the day gave me less trouble than the little ones (it's a k-8 school,I subbed science and they rotate grades throughout the day), and they all made a real effort today to behave. Usually it's the other way around. I've got bookstore stuff to do this weekend and I'm thinking to re-open in about 10 days, just on the weekends. Other than that catching up on some contract work and stuff for my biz.
I hear you on the money, it took me a long time to understand that money is a tool, a major one that I need to do what I want to do, to live how I want to live. and no one is just going to give it to me, I've got earn it and make it grow into more. I was watching Oprah the other day and she had impoverished women from other countries who really were up against it; their people had even deprived most of them education. They got micro-loans from these western non-profit organizations, and really used that little piece of money to come up. it made me feel...I don't know ashamed that I ever act like I went through hard times and/or are going through hard times now. Compared to these women I am on easy street. I mean I really have no excuse to not go on and do what I want to do, pursue my dreams and all that. if I have to work another job in the meantime, I will do it!! and count my blessings BIGtime.
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i honestly don't like metal - but i hear what you're saying - i've heard that comparison before - i know what you're saying is true.
i'm wrapping up the habitat campagin tonight, and i'm happy to be interviewing for the seattle opera campaign on monday - i need to keep our training rolling!
at this point, i want to make more money and work more hours, just about anywhere - until then, i'll work for these guys for two weeks and then bounce to the ACT campaign which is longer running and better paying.
i'm always jumping,when i need too!
forever - a woman who is about to put on tears for fears and take a shower!
your friend - christyX